@@BRISTOLFORCE2009 you ignorant bugger,the sounds from the Siren itself clearly indicates that the Siren has seen better days Also,stop being an ignorant git
@@BRISTOLFORCE2009do stop calling me that,I'm a normal grown up Adult and I clearly agree the Siren in this Video is awful and has a huge amount of corrosion and rust
CONFUSION ELEMINATOR: The odd sound: This siren uses a 4/5 port chopper, while most others use a 5/6 port chopper. The fast spinning: The thunderbolt can rotate at 2, 4, or 8 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute,) and this one is set to 8. The long wind-down: There's a time delay (Agastat) in the RCM1 control box. This changes how long the rotator and blower (the supercharger) will wait before turning off when the chopper (the actual siren part) is turned off. Without this, the wind-down would not be able to be heard from far distances. The Agastat in this siren seems to be set for too long or broken. The odd attack timing: The attack signal is controlled by wooden cams that press buttons. If wanted, a custom timed weel could (probably) be made, and there's a small chance that this siren has a custom attack timing wheel.
We had one of these on the police station in Garden City Michigan where I grew up. It was mounted a few feet higher than the roof, and it was good and loud, with rich, full tones that made it easy to pick out over bad weather. They replaced it in the 90's with a couple digital jobs, and theyre way more quiet. In fact, they may have replaced them since (I think). It was a good, reliable siren.
This is definitely a "senior" siren! Nice low pitch, and the poor thing has to stop between attacks. It spins fast enough to dry the paint if someone cared enough to!
@aaronsmithbg A growl is a response to the radio signal that the EMA sends to all the sirens in the county. It tells them whether the siren is working or not.
To Nick.....my older son-in-laws family name is Rutschke, any connection? He says some people omitted some of the letters for various reasons. If you know, Thanks!
There are not many of these left in service now. Alot have been replaced or sitting not functional. One here in Wisconsin was in service since 1954 and was just replaced this year!
Do they still use this Do they still use this ? I lived in Copiague 1960 - 1971 we always knew when there was a fire or accident I think the accident sound was several short blasts or noon time. The fire dept.was all volunteers and this was in a time before beepers or cell service .Brings back a childhood memory
@John Gabrielle L. Bautista The only sirens I've heard are 2001s and no other, yet I want to hear a Thunderbolt so bad! There used to be one I used to always pass but it got replaced by a 508
For a 1000 and 1000T, you can't tell the difference by looking at it. The 1000 has a higher pitch to it and a 1000T, like this one, has a lower pitch. On my Channel, there is a video of the St. Bernard 1000. The 1003 sounds the same as a 1000T, but it has solenoids attached to the top of the siren, looks likes eyes to me. The 1003 has the capability to do fire calls for volunteer fore departments.If you do a search for Thunderbolt 1003, on TH-cam you will have a better idea what it looks like.
These were the best sirens. I’m curious as to why the Federal Signal corporation chose not to replicate the ominous original tone in the current FS2001’s. Today’s sirens are not as loud, nor do they convey the sense of urgency the sirens of the past did. Today, they sound like fire trucks.
Oh, sorry. I meant level 4 or 3! I already know about some not having functioning rotators, but it's like as if the county or city has each siren set up a certain way as part of a code or signal. (I'm originally from the Dayton area, so I don't really know too much about Cincinnati other than the fact that I've been there many times before in the past).
Well unfortunately all but 2 of this county's sirens have been replaced. One has a T-128 next to it and they both activate. The other is downtown on the government building.
This would of been a Siren Enthusiasts Dream House to live in with thier family if both were saved but I wonder how would it have done if that ASC T-128 were to be installed in the same place and just use the old Standpipe as the support and put the canduiet on it leading to the T-128 head
Yea I'd def say that's spinning way too fast but it's def a cool video my first I've ever seen of a counter clockwise siren really awesome though keep up the great work
TheDeltaville You can't tell the difference between a 1000 and 1000T by looking at it. Audibly you can. 1000s are single tone and 1000Ts are dual tone (just like the 1003 which has solenoids either side of the horn)
There is a 3 step pulley on the motor, as well as the gear reducer. The pulley on the motor has the largest groove in front, medium in the middle, and smallest in the back, while the other pulley is the other way around. This means having the belt in the front (big groove spinning small groove) will give you 8 RPM, putting it in the middle will give you 4 RPM, and the back will give you 2 RPM.
One of the old Thunderbolt vids, and one of these which has always stuck in my mind. I keep finding myself back here!
Excellent video! I love how the blower amplifies the EXTREME low frequencies, and how the thing takes off with the rotation!
A nice sounding 4/5 port! Still sounds good as new with no problems!
You prune,it sounds awful
@@stephensnell5707 Overall it sounds great. The only thing is that they set the wind down time to be super long
@@stephensnell5707 you bozo it sounds beautiful
@@BRISTOLFORCE2009 you ignorant bugger,the sounds from the Siren itself clearly indicates that the Siren has seen better days
Also,stop being an ignorant git
@@BRISTOLFORCE2009do stop calling me that,I'm a normal grown up Adult and I clearly agree the Siren in this Video is awful and has a huge amount of corrosion and rust
1:51- Growl
4:22- Alert
6:21- Attack
Aye, thanks
Highlighted time stamps: 1:51, 4:22, 6:21.
I know Timestamps Wasnt in TH-cam Since 2005-2014
stolen lol u can read desc for signals/tones
0:53
Love how it looks gone,and just roars to life
1:50 - Test
4:21- Alert
6:19 - Attack
That growl was badass
I thought that too!
Sounds like a turbocharged V8/V10 (like one you'd find in an old Chevy Nova)
Grrr
@@zachsplay7936
Vroom
Search up “Honolulu tsunami sirens” then hear that growl it’s *SCARY.
“I got the whole wind down so I’ll use the whole wind down”
She's so old but sounds amazing!
Her rotater is fast, for an oldie!
It's spelt Rotator NOT the way you spelt it, your spelling is wrong
@@stephensnell1379 don’t be like you are and leave people alone. Please
@@LilThomas2010 just get your grammar correct
@@LilThomas2010 I cannot stand people that don't spell correctly!People CAN spell correctly if they try!
2:06 turn up your volume
Sounded like a mixture with T-128's or 2001's.
It sound like a another thunderbolt 1000t in the background but high or low pitched
Thunderbolt 1000T
Great job Nick! Here's another 4/5 port 1000T in Hamilton County, and its set at 8 RPM!
CONFUSION ELEMINATOR:
The odd sound: This siren uses a 4/5 port chopper, while most others use a 5/6 port chopper.
The fast spinning: The thunderbolt can rotate at 2, 4, or 8 RPM (Revolutions Per Minute,) and this one is set to 8.
The long wind-down: There's a time delay (Agastat) in the RCM1 control box. This changes how long the rotator and blower (the supercharger) will wait before turning off when the chopper (the actual siren part) is turned off. Without this, the wind-down would not be able to be heard from far distances. The Agastat in this siren seems to be set for too long or broken.
The odd attack timing: The attack signal is controlled by wooden cams that press buttons. If wanted, a custom timed weel could (probably) be made, and there's a small chance that this siren has a custom attack timing wheel.
We had one of these on the police station in Garden City Michigan where I grew up. It was mounted a few feet higher than the roof, and it was good and loud, with rich, full tones that made it easy to pick out over bad weather. They replaced it in the 90's with a couple digital jobs, and theyre way more quiet. In fact, they may have replaced them since (I think). It was a good, reliable siren.
You mean they're(short for they are)
🫤🐀😁
Were they both single tone thunderbolts?
This is definitely a "senior" siren! Nice low pitch, and the poor thing has to stop between attacks. It spins fast enough to dry the paint if someone cared enough to!
4/5 on chopper 6
What is "chopper 6"? As opposed to the levels?
@@Zickcermacity The Thunderbolt has voltage settings called chopper levels or tap settings it goes 1-7.
@@Ultimate2T22 its called '4/5' No Chopper 6 or 7 in this one
@@DeathWars that's chopper level 6
Sounds like it has a messed up attack timer
Man that rotater is fast!
Yes too fast
You mean rotator
@@theboywhodroveaway7954 the belt is on the 8 RPM area the speed is optional current RPM is either 4 or 8
@@jonuthinslawncareandconstr7772 Thanks man!
@@theboywhodroveaway7954 you're welcome
I think the weird attack signal may have something to do with the Agastat delay being set too long.
R.I.P amberly village ohio thunderbolt, you will be missed
It is a test
Joe16 with what?
Brodie’s_SirenProductions it was replaced with an ASC T-128
@@sirensofsoutheastmichigan and that t128 was replaced with another t128
JONUTHIN'S LAWNCARE AND CONSTRUCTION INC huh, quite strange
1:52 they do they're weekly growl test at 5:00 pm of each month at noon
0:52: Burp
1:51: Growl
4:21: Alert
6:20: Attack
@@guywhosomethingBurp then cough
@@guywhosomething it is not over exagerrated it is the person that is recording is actually burping then coughing as any person normally would
man, this is a rare 4/5 port thunderbolt, love the long winddown, awesome video
It's actually more common for the 1000 T to be 4-5 port more common for the 1003 to be 5-6 port
come down to Minneapolis for a 4/5 a1 blower thunderbolt
You mean Agastat time
Nice video! gotta love the old thunderbolts coming back too life!
Damn! Sounds a lot like an ACA Hurricane in 4/5 port, chopper level 4. She's a spinner too!
4/5-port my beloved
@aaronsmithbg A growl is a response to the radio signal that the EMA sends to all the sirens in the county. It tells them whether the siren is working or not.
Me purchase thunderbolt siren
Me l Will thunderbolt siren
Me l Will purchase thunderbolt
4:22 *you spin me right round starts playing*
Hahahah
That poor old siren is in such a terrible state and sounds awful⚠️
At least it got replaced with a new one as the video description mentions
Dang! That thing spins fast! That's the FASTEST, and I mean *FASTEST* spin I've ever seen!
8 RPM
I can faintly hear another 4/5 port Thunderbolt in the background at 6:45. I wonder if that was the one in Reading?
That’s the c series
what blower did it have? 5M?
6m
@@thespiritstingray9359 nice!
It looks like the horn has been replaced becasue the rotator bix looks old.
That growl sounds amazing!! 👍👍
4:22 Is that wire going down
To Nick.....my older son-in-laws family name is Rutschke, any connection? He says some people omitted some of the letters for various reasons. If you know, Thanks!
The things swinging around everywhere! I guess you can say it's being a Rusty Crab!!
It's an old one.
4:21 is when it starts buddy boy
6:21 this is when it starts... again
1 one us alert 2 one is attack
And the growl is missing
1:52 here's the growl.
@@b00ys24you prune,the Growl is at the Video Duration of 1min52seconds
We had one of these on my old elementary school built in the 60s lol its still there today
Is it active?
Ive never heard it, so i dont assume so.
May I ask what town and state it is located at?
This was an older one. Can tell by the shorter rotator box. And it has a 6M blower
I have been looking for this video for 3 years
That growl is straight out dope.
Man, that thing spins fast.
I live how the people in that house in front of it have to live with a siren behind them. 😂🤣😂🤣
They fucking got a siren not There wer just a siren
Sounds very healthy, but rotating way too fast. Someone needs to put the rotation gearbox pullies on the next step down. Or all the way down
Never mind It was just a 1st time
it look like, its was there since 1950s
That's because it was.
Ours was in the higher tones like the ones you hear in the background if anyone cares. The big ones like Detroit had were really low like that.
>the house that it was attached to
The 20th century was lawless.
There are not many of these left in service now. Alot have been replaced or sitting not functional. One here in Wisconsin was in service since 1954 and was just replaced this year!
Does anyone know if this siren is still here?
It is long gone, a T-128 replaced it.
@@kansasstatealerting2874at least it isn’t a 2001
There is a mistake with the blower at the attack tone
Growl: 1:52
Alert: 4:22
Attack: 6:22
I love 4/5's
Me 2
@@zzzz123493 me 3
Also another thing that can be very noticeable is the siren is reverse wired and rotating the wrong way
And it’s not reversed wired
@@mitch.daog810I was only winding you up
The timer is set way to long on the attack signal. The siren shouldn't wind all the way down and stop for every waver it makes
I agree the Agastat is too long
1:51 …. Last test ever
cant tell which siren is lower, this one or the one i just filmed. cant stop watching this video, so cool
the siren rotates fast and if your listen closely the blower has a little mess-up at the end of the growl
That rotator is fast
Details: Thunderbolt 1000T (A Series),
High agastat time, 4/5 Port, Chopper 6 (I think) and 8 RPM
What was that other sound that is heard right after the thunderbolt siren stops rotating pointing to the left of the screen
Another siren
Oh
Trains and Sirens
Yas
It was the blower shutting off.
alertec2202
No it was a siren a little further away
- It kind of sounded like a thunderbolt 1000
0:52 burp lol
Yes haha!!!
that was a cough you heard
Nate J lol haaaaaa😂😂
That was cough
Burp then cough
Do they still use this
Do they still use this ? I lived in Copiague 1960 - 1971 we always knew when there was a fire or accident I think the accident sound was several short blasts or noon time. The fire dept.was all volunteers and this was in a time before beepers or cell service .Brings back a childhood memory
It’s gone, sorry
That thunderbolt 1000T Is Destroyed it's broken so bad Barely worked when they tested it
I'm dying to hear one of these in person
@John Gabrielle L. Bautista The only sirens I've heard are 2001s and no other, yet I want to hear a Thunderbolt so bad! There used to be one I used to always pass but it got replaced by a 508
The only sirens I’ve heard in person were a 7B and a 3012
What is a growl on a thunderbolt when they test it? That is a fast rotation.
This sounds exact to the U of M west bank T-Bolt in Minneapolis
My god that thing flies.
It kind of sounds like an old hot rod sputtering when it winds down all the way.
This siren has 3 motors running it. Other types of sirens only have 1 or 2 motors.
For a 1000 and 1000T, you can't tell the difference by looking at it. The 1000 has a higher pitch to it and a 1000T, like this one, has a lower pitch. On my Channel, there is a video of the St. Bernard 1000. The 1003 sounds the same as a 1000T, but it has solenoids attached to the top of the siren, looks likes eyes to me. The 1003 has the capability to do fire calls for volunteer fore departments.If you do a search for Thunderbolt 1003, on TH-cam you will have a better idea what it looks like.
sounds slightly sick or maybe its on a lower chopper setting like 4 or 3 but it sounds quieter than most.
why is it spinning, counter clockwise?
Why did you put a comma there? Also, it’s a 3 phase rotator, you can make it spin any way.
why the siren spinning?
These were the best sirens. I’m curious as to why the Federal Signal corporation chose not to replicate the ominous original tone in the current FS2001’s. Today’s sirens are not as loud, nor do they convey the sense of urgency the sirens of the past did. Today, they sound like fire trucks.
Well probably because the older sirens weren't as reliable as the newer ones. That's just my guess.
@@FreddyFazbear-os4suthat's not going to prevent them using the same sound
Sorry to say, but are all of Cincinnati's Thunderbolt's set up like this? Do they all have 8rpm and chopper level 8 settings?
No, not all are like that. And by the way this is not chopper level 8. There is no chopper level 8.
Oh, sorry. I meant level 4 or 3! I already know about some not having functioning rotators, but it's like as if the county or city has each siren set up a certain way as part of a code or signal. (I'm originally from the Dayton area, so I don't really know too much about Cincinnati other than the fact that I've been there many times before in the past).
Well unfortunately all but 2 of this county's sirens have been replaced. One has a T-128 next to it and they both activate. The other is downtown on the government building.
There's also the Jail Bar 1000 on park place which was deactivated, and is still there. I don't know if they will take it down or not.
W202fan probably not. Each municipality is responsible for its own siren removal. Most are just going to sit and rust.
This would of been a Siren Enthusiasts Dream House to live in with thier family if both were saved but I wonder how would it have done if that ASC T-128 were to be installed in the same place and just use the old Standpipe as the support and put the canduiet on it leading to the T-128 head
The Rpm Is 8 Its In Good condition I Think This Poory Has To Stop During Attack Good vid i sub&like¬ificaton bell
Its olny 8rpm speed?
1:51 grow
4:22 alert
6:41
Ok, sorry for the double comment, but 5:25 to 5:27 is my favorite sound ever. Anyone know why it sounds chorusy like that?
Dillon Carpenter I have no clue why it does that but I absolutely love that sound too- the way it just goes whoosh in sound for a second
Yea I'd def say that's spinning way too fast but it's def a cool video my first I've ever seen of a counter clockwise siren really awesome though keep up the great work
It's because it's reverse wired that is what's causing it to spin the wrong way
@@stephensnell1379 no, reversed wired mean the blower in taking air in.
@@stephensnell1379 its set to 8 RPM rotation speed
port and rotator RPM are the same as the Thunderbolt in Battle Greek
4:22 alert
Was it a 4/5 Port thunderbolt 1000t
why does it stop rotating on attack mode other tbolts don't do that
It is because the Agastat is longer than the shut off time so it cuts the blower and rotar then turns it back on
does this have a 6m?
Yep. Most of Cincinnati's old bolts had 6m blowers and were installed in 1953-1954. Only a select few were installed in the 1970's and had 4m blowers.
how can you tell the difference between a 1000, 1003 and 1000T just by looking at it?
TheDeltaville You can't tell the difference between a 1000 and 1000T by looking at it. Audibly you can. 1000s are single tone and 1000Ts are dual tone (just like the 1003 which has solenoids either side of the horn)
8RPM! Most t-bolts are 2 or 4 RPM. I believe you can program t-bolts to 8 RPM but it's not used very often (it's so dang fast O_o)
yeah it was pretty neat. unfortunately this got replaced.
L. Swaggett you don't program it, you adjust it. this is an old, mechanical siren!
tornado siren go around that 1minute
Im Counting 9 RPM
There is a 3 step pulley on the motor, as well as the gear reducer. The pulley on the motor has the largest groove in front, medium in the middle, and smallest in the back, while the other pulley is the other way around. This means having the belt in the front (big groove spinning small groove) will give you 8 RPM, putting it in the middle will give you 4 RPM, and the back will give you 2 RPM.
4/5 Port Thunderbolt 1000T?
@BellyJae where exactly is the thunderbolt on Anderson Ferry rd located at? address too? il b goin to cincinnati on Wednesday so i wana find it :)
If you read the Video description it will mention the Siren and House no longer exist
@stephensnell5707 yeah 13 years ago that wasn't stated in description when it was still in service 🙄🙄😒😒
Is this an a1
Do You Know Where The City Or Town Scrapped Tht Beast?
1:51 growl
Sounds like My angery cat.
@BellyJae I'm not sure. It seemed to correctly execute the ATTACK cycle to me.
Nick Rusche no it did not
Attack signal is broken
I never seen a thunderbolt rotate that fast. 😮
well i already know that sirens spin fast
The reason is it's set to the highest rotating RPM which is 8
Thanks!
the blower is activated and the chopper its a 4/5 port thunderbolt 100OT
What was that at 2:07?!
Other sirens
+Adam Correia (Cracked Sponge) OK thanks!
mangodkg No problem! :D
It was the blower shutting off.
It couldn't have, Thunderbolt blowers have fast wind downs-They have nearly no momentum.
Fast Low-slip motor wind up and a Computer fan wind down
the house that it was attached to was a barn just if you wanna know